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Matt Michlowitz

Women's Track and Field Begins Season at ERAU Indoor/Outdoor Challenge

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Kristen Metcalfe won the 600m run at the ERAU Indoor/Outdoor Challenge.
RESULTS

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - The Embry-Riddle women's track & field team began the 2015 indoor season on Saturday by hosting the ERAU Indoor-Outdoor Challenge.
As a team, the Eagles recorded six first-place finishes with many other ladies recording personal-bests or placing in the top-five.
 
Christina Isenard finished in first-place in the weight throw with a personal-best 13.01m effort. Paige Bussard was second in the event with a throw of 12.12m.
 
Bussard and Isenard tied for first in the shot, each reaching 10.86m.  Bussard also recorded the top throw in the discus at 32.28m. Caitlyn Joslin made her Embry-Riddle debut with a fifth place finish in the shot put (10.39m) and a second place mark in the discus (30.13). Tarra Keating and Isenard also placed in the top-five in the discus for the Eagles. Keating was third with a throw of 28.43 while Isenard finished in fourth with a 28.32m attempt.
 
The Eagles recorded two other first place finishes in the field events. Stephanie Mueller was victorious in the high jump, clearing 1.55m while Samantha Morton won the pole vault with a 2.90m clearance. Keating took second in the pole vault (2.75m) while Alexis Glenn made her Eagle debut with a fourth place finish in the high jump, clearing 1.50m.

In the long jump, Kortney Gray leaped 4.79m for a third place finish while Daisha Brown recorded a 4.76 jump to finish in fifth place. 
 
Three Eagle distance runners posted personal-bests in the 5,000m run. Alex Orr placed second with her top-time of 18:16.37. Josie Gray was fifth and Eliza Gazda was seventh. They finished in 18:56.51 and 19:33.69, respectfully.
 
Alex Orr had another top-five finish in the meet, coming in second in the 3,000m run in a time of 10:51.26.
 
Sarah Edens posted two third place finishes in the 1,000m and the mile. She crossed the line in 3:21.13 in the 1,000m and 5:43.55 in the mile. Two other Eagles rounded out the top-five in the 1,000m. Alexandria Meneses (3:22.48) and Janina Helwig (3:25.89) were fourth and fifth.
 
In the 60m dash, Camaria Cannon, Tamara Chambers and Evanna Ramirez posted personal-bests while Gray had a fourth place finish in the event, posting a 7.99. Cannon finished in 8.23, Chambers in 8.45 while Ramirez crossed in 8.98.
 
Kristen Metcalfe picked up a first-place finish for the Eagles in the 600m, crossing the line in 1:41.35. Marina LeVine (1:44.21) and Martina Tafoya (1:44.90) finished in third and fourth in the event as well. LeVine also picked up a second-place finish in the 800m, timing in at 2:27.03.
 
The Eagles compete next Sunday as they travel to Birmingham, Ala. to take part in the Privateer Invitational hosted by the University of New Orleans. 
 
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